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Don’t reinvent the wheel!

Meet Jack. If you would be sitting next to him few days ago you would see him staring at computer and then suddenly: “YEEESSSS!” He just received an e-mail and it was saying: “Hereby we are please to inform you that your project has been selected for funding.” He would hug you and jump around like crazy. … (CONTINUE READING)

How to increase sales while working on EU projects?

Project writers, freelancers, many self-employed EU consultants but also other small business owners are, in my experience, facing very similar challenge. If you are one of them, you will immediately know what I am talking about and I wonder if you will agree. Before we dig into »the challenge«, let’s see what you most likely… (CONTINUE READING)

Why I might reject you as a client to prepare a EU funded project?

As a consultant, developing interesting R&D projects funded by EU, I am working with many types of organizations and off course – people. Variety of environments gives me an opportunity to see different approaches on quite similar subject – how to prepare a winning proposal. Cooperation with some of the companies feels and runs like a poem. In… (CONTINUE READING)

3 smart ways how innovative companies can generate more leads

Do you also experience good ans stormy times in your business? I suppose you have great product or service, a lot of knowledge and experience but you are not satisfied with how many clients reach to you or buy from you.  The most common reason behind drops in business is often the lack of high-quality leads…. (CONTINUE READING)

9 secrets of top 5% SME Instrument winners

  If you are an innovative SME which is also trying to succeed at currently very popular EU funding opportunity SME Instrument, then I assume you are asking yourself: »How can we prepare our project application or improve it in order to obtain funding for our innovation?« Working on several applications and also being successful on Phase 1 (ODI) and Phase 2 (SC5-20) I… (CONTINUE READING)

How to repeatedly prepare TOP SME Instrument proposals in short period of time?

Perhaps You too have this crazy idea in your mind that doesn’t let you sleep at night. If you think it could change your industry, your business and leave great legacy behind you, then you most likely came across SME Instrument – funding instrument for innovative small and medium companies, running within EU programme Horizon… (CONTINUE READING)